This is me in a nutshell: PhD student in the sciences, cosplayer, rollerblader, singer,dancer, animal lover, President of the Delaware Anime Society, and CEO of Zentrancon, LLC.
More about me:
- I love RPGs (video games and live action) such as Grandia, Final Fantasy, DnD,and online MUSHes and MOO's such as Harper's Tale (Dragonriders of Pern theme) and Hogwarts Moo (Harry Potter rocks!)
-I am very pro environment. I recycle and try to save energy whenever possible. I believe in Animal rights but I also believe in the food chain (aka I respect vegetarians but I am not one). I am annoyed that my current school seems to have no environmental club because the campus has way too much trash and pollution on it but I'm working on fixing that.
-I love dorky sciency things, like puttering about outside or in my lab.
-I like webcomics and comics in general: Favorite webcomics include Megatokyo, Something Positive, Queen of Wands, Doemain of our Own, Misty the Mouse, MacHall, Life of Riley, Jack, GPF, FBOFW, and more than I'd care to list right now :D
-I am a MAJOR dragon/Renaissance Faire/Celtic Music and Culture nut! I collect stuffed animals, figurines, and jewelry of dragons.
- I also dress up for Ren Faires, which I have fun attending!
-I love to sing and dance. I guess you could say I'm 'classically trained' in singing. I know several types of dances (from my ballroom dance class), but I really want to learn more.
-I like animation (Japanese, American, and whatever else).
-I enjoy cosplaying (aka making my own theatrical type character costumes and wearing them for either fun or competition). I occasionally will take commissions for costume parts or stuffed animals.
-I have been to at least 10 conventions . I have been cosplaying since 2001 and have made around 12 costumes with 4 in progress. Here is my cosplaylab.com profile, and Here are my cosplay.com pics, should you be interested.
Clubs/Leadership Experience:
- High School:Elected as an SGA (student government) Representative
-College: Tutoring Peer Leader
-Grad School: Member of board of directors of my choir in 2004-current
Other Groups:
- Experience with at least 5 successful anime clubs in Florida, MD, and DE.
- Head of the Delaware Anime Society (3 chapters)
More Ramblings about my current anime club:
I feel very lucky to have such a large and wonderful group of friends in my DAS club right now, and that the club is doing well. We're happy to say we hosted the first ever Delaware Anime minicon on October 23, 2004. We're hosting our second convention experience in the form of Zentrancon Philadelphia, on October 16, 2005. After we merged our convention with Kosaikon this year, we will be hosting Zenkaikon 2006 in October 2006. Recently my club has attracted attention from another club in PA who requested to be our third chapter, the DAS Kanameijis .
You can find our myspace group here: D.A.S. Myspace Group
Academic stuff: I recently received my M.S degree working on the growth and photobiology of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and am now in the PhD program, working with macroalgae biochemistry (seaweeds). I hope to use my contacts in the phD program to get a job with NASA or the EPA doing environmentally beneficial research. I feel that everyone should give something positive back to the earth and to each other.
Ok, enough about me, what about you? *holds hand out* Nice to meet you! Thanks for dropping by!
